Annette Funicello dead at 70

By Staff, Reuters

Posted:
04/08/2013 12:57:58 AM MDT

Updated:
04/08/2013 12:58:44 PM MDT

Former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello gets an enthusiastic greeting from Skippy, her Irish setter puppy, at home in Encino, Calif., March 13, 1978. Funicello passed away on April 8, 2013 due to complications from Multiple Sclerosis. (AP Photo/George Brich) (George Brich)

Actress Annette Funicello has died at the age of 70.

The former "Mickey Mouse Club" star, who became a national treasure in America thanks to a string of 1960s cult beach movies, including "Beach Blanket Bingo" and "Muscle Beach Party," passed away at a Bakersfield, Calif. hospital.

Funicello battled multiple sclerosis during her final years and reports suggest she slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness. The actress went public with her condition 20 years ago. Multiple sclerosis robbed her of her ability to walk and talk.

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